Topic: gender neutral laws

Old beliefs run deep Since I went through the actual woman’s movement in the ’60s and ’70s, I am not surprised at the opposition to using gender-neutral titles in our state statutes [“Man, what an overreaction,” Opinion, May 15]. Men run the world and the chasm between the world of men and women is still very…

Concept of gender-neutral laws should be rethought You must be kidding, right? Gov. Jay Inslee actually signed off on a six-year effort to make state laws since 1854 gender-neutral? Not with my tax money [“All state laws now gender-neutral,” NWTuesday, April 23]. Eliminating such words as freshman and penmanship is outrageous. They don’t even relate to gender. I…

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